July 6, 2012

Some upcoming events.

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#Triscitweetup #4 is this Sunday, July 8th, in Durham, NC, at Fullsteam Brewery, 726 Rigsbee Avenue. We'll start arriving at around 4:00pm, but you can come earlier to catch the "Meet Your Urban Farmer!" event at 2pm at the same venue.

On Saturday July 14, 2012 1:15pm - 2:45pm (local time), I'll be on a panel Conversations about science: the role of ‘social media’ at Euroscience Open Forum 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. If you are there, come and say Hello to me before or after the panel.

Next ScienceOnlineBayArea event - Inside the E-book Revolution - will be on July 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 (Pacific).

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Next #NYCSciTweetUp will be on July 7th at Loreley Restaurant - Manhattan - 7 Rivington Street (between Bowery & Chrystie) starting at 6:30pm. I'll be there. Try to come by if you can. So far we've tried to rotate between Manhattan and Brooklyn, but are now considering spreading out to the Bronx (first week of August) and perhaps Queens (first week of September). Stay tuned.

I'll be giving a talk, a workshop, and be on the panel (all about science blogging, social media and online communication) on July 30th at the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, co-organized in partnership with Rhode Island EPSCoR. I do not know if the event if open for public, but if you know you'll be there, come and say Hi.

Later in fall, October 15-20 - Society for Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Raleigh NC

October 26-30 - Science Writers (NASW/CASW) meeting, Raleigh NC

Let me know about other events in the comments....

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